ABB acquires Raffin Electric.(Brief article)

Plant Engineering;  September 1, 2006 ;     191 words ......manufacturing and industrial contracting units of Raffin Electric Company, Ltd. Based in Calgary, Raffin Electric manufactures custom power distribution...products division, North America. Raffin Electric employs about 65 people at its...

ARS harmonizes the reporting for its 100-plus outlets.

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  October 19, 1998 ;   Mahoney, Thomas A.;   787 words ......tuning its information system - getting all of its 104 contracting units to use the same accounting language in their reports to...discontinue those arrangements. In addition, some of its contracting units do a big business in the new home construction market...

NEW JERSEY: Rep. McKeon Introduces Bill Relating to Green Product...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 14, 2007 ;     267 words ......as filed: "This bill would require purchasing agents for contracting units to complete a course in green product purchasing, as established...develop a list of sources for green product purchasing by contracting units, and provide regular revisions of the list, on the Internet...

Standing Conference of Archaeological Unit Managers

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology;    TIMOTHY DARVILL;   39 words ...Standing Conference of Archaeological Unit Managers (SCAUM) [Or]. Representative organization formed in 1976 to promote the interests of archaeological contracting units working in the British Isles to government, government agencies, and the public.

Naylor Love selling off

The Press;  May 26, 2001 ;     100 words ...Dunedin's largest building contractor, Naylor Love, has told staff it will be selling its four sub- contracting units within three months. The joinery, structural steel, plumbing and heating and ventilation units employ 88 staff. The company employs...

NEW JERSEY: Sen. Codey Introduces Bill Concerning Interest Earned on...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 25, 2006 ;     102 words ......Oct. 25 -- New Jersey State Sen. Richard J. Codey, D-West Orange, has introduced a bill (S.B. 2258) that would require contracting units to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payments to contractors. The measure was referred...

NEW JERSEY: Sen. Bark Introduces Bill Concerning Shared Services Contracts

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 26, 2006 ;     111 words ......has introduced a bill (S.B. 2118) to extend "maximum term for shared services contracts to 60 months; authorizes local contracting units with certified purchasing agents to award five-year contracts for heating and motor fuels." The measure was referred to...

GOV. CORZINE SIGNS BILLS INTO LAW

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  April 11, 2006 ;     173 words ......and provides that either Child Advocate or First Assistant be an attorney. A-1967 (Wisniewski/Scalera): Permits certain contracting units to use schedules from additional federal procurement programs when purchasing goods and services. S-834 (Karcher/Palaia...

AIR FORCE SHIFTS TO STRATEGIC CONTRACTING

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 2, 2008 ;     588 words ......Scott AFB, Ill.; and Colorado Springs, Co. As a result, contracting units at the wing level will see manpower cuts, with individual...lifting will be done at the regional center. For those contracting units that remain, their job will be to provide business advisory...

On suits and other habits (corporate executives).

Queen's Quarterly;  June 22, 1997 ;   Tamsin Todd;   787 words ......executive. He works for a multinational corporation, the kind with so many divisions and subdivisions and franchises and contracting units that if you marked them on a gigantic map of the world they would spread in pox-like clusters across all five continents...

NEW JERSEY: Sen. Scutari Introduces Bill Concerning Purchase of...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 26, 2006 ;     131 words ......The legislation also would authorize the State Treasurer to develop a list of sources for green product purchasing by contracting units. The bill was co-sponsored by New Jersey State Sens. Martha W. Bark, R-Mount Laurel, and Bob Smith, D-Piscataway. The measure...

NEW JERSEY: Rep. Bodine Introduces Bill Concerning Shared Services...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 30, 2006 ;     130 words ......3380) to extend the maximum term for shared services contracts to 60 months. The legislation also would authorize "local contracting units with certified purchasing agents to award five-year contracts for heating and motor fuels." The bill was co-sponsored by...

Armed and ready; Hospitals' HMO contracting units bigger, bolde.(Brief...

Modern Healthcare;  August 27, 2001 ;   Kirchheimer, Barbara;   787 words ...After helping lead the charge for more Medicare reimbursements in past years, several for-profit hospital chains have redirected their forces to collect more-and more quickly-from their managed-care contracts, and lawyers are their standard-bearers. Hospital chains that have facilities in more

TWO HANSCOM CONTRACTING UNITS, THREE INDIVIDUALS HONORED WITH AFMC...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 7, 2008 ;     573 words ...The U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center issued the following press release: By 1st Lt. Geoff Buteau 66th Air Base Wing Public Affairs The 2007 Air Force Materiel Command Contracting Awards were announced Dec. 14 with two units and three individuals from Hanscom earning honors. The ESC

Boeing told to beef up ethics efforts

AP Worldstream;  December 19, 2003 ;     445 words ......come as the aerospace giant grapples with stiff scrutiny and criticism over unethical conduct by employees in its defense contracting units. The reports also predate the recent firing of Michael Sears, Boeing's chief financial officer, for alleged unethical conduct...